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Micromegas (talk | contribs) link to oblique. That is currently a redirect to Oblique spaceship, which is already included in "Also see", but it can't hurt to have the term linked directly in case we want to define that independent of a spaceship. |
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The '''direction''' of a pattern is defined by the way the pattern, or a part of it, reappears in a different area. | The '''direction''' of a pattern is defined by the way the pattern, or a part of it, reappears in a different area. | ||
For [[spaceship]]s, [[puffer]]s, [[rake]]s and certain [[breeder]]s, this is defined as ''orthogonal'' (exclusively horizontal or vertical displacement), ''diagonal'' (both horizontal and vertical displacement, and ''oblique'' (other displacements, for example ''[[knightship|knightwise]]'' being horizontal being twice vertical displacement). | For [[spaceship]]s, [[puffer]]s, [[rake]]s and certain [[breeder]]s, this is defined as ''orthogonal'' (exclusively horizontal or vertical displacement), ''diagonal'' (both horizontal and vertical displacement, and ''[[oblique]]'' (other displacements, for example ''[[knightship|knightwise]]'' being horizontal being twice vertical displacement). | ||
==Also see== | ==Also see== | ||
Revision as of 09:05, 12 March 2018
The direction of a pattern is defined by the way the pattern, or a part of it, reappears in a different area.
For spaceships, puffers, rakes and certain breeders, this is defined as orthogonal (exclusively horizontal or vertical displacement), diagonal (both horizontal and vertical displacement, and oblique (other displacements, for example knightwise being horizontal being twice vertical displacement).